MEANING/意义
      
  • céng
      
    sound for pinyin sound for pinyin
      
      
    once; ever; formerly
    Type adverb/副词  
        
    Topics 
    céng(zēng)
      
    sound for pinyin sound for pinyin
      
      
    once; formerly; related as between great-grandchildren and great-grandparents; zeng (family name) 
    Type adverb/副词; character/汉字; noun/名词  
        
    Topics 
    zēng
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    related as between great-grandchildren and great-grandparents; zeng (family name) 
    Type character/汉字; noun/名词  
        
    Topics 
EXAMPLES/列句
  • ...
      
      
    céng jīng guò
      
    sound for pinyin
    have done/been ... once

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    céng jīng zài wó yǎn qián
      
    sound for pinyin
    once (it was)  in front of my eyes
COMBINATIONS/组合
  •   
    céng jīng
      
    sound for pinyin
    once; ever; former; already; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) 

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    céng jīng
      
    sound for pinyin
    once; ever; formerly

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    zēng jiā
      
    sound for pinyin
    the family whose surname is Zeng

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    zēng zǐ
      
    sound for pinyin
    Zeng Zi (Chinese philosopher,student of Confucius) 

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    bù céng
      
    sound for pinyin
    never; not yet

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    wèi céng
      
    sound for pinyin
    have not; never before

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    hé céng
      
    sound for pinyin
    (used in rhetorical questions,meaning “never did“)  when (did ...?) 

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    céng yáo dòng
      
    sound for pinyin
    once shook; shook at some time in the past
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